愛滋

Chinese

		to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like	excite; nourish; this
trad. (愛滋)		愛	滋
simp. (爱滋)		爱	滋
Literally: “caused by love(making)”.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English AIDS. See 愛滋病／爱滋病 (àizībìng) for more.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àizī

  (Zhuyin): ㄞˋ ㄗ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oi³ zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àizī
    • Zhuyin: ㄞˋ ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àizih
    • Wade–Giles: ai⁴-tzŭ¹
    • Yale: ài-dz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aytzy
    • Palladius: айцзы (ajczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: oi³ zi¹
    • Yale: oi jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: oi³ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: oi³ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯³³ t͡siː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 愛滋／爱滋 愛知／爱知

Noun

愛滋

1. (～病) (chiefly Taiwan, Hong Kong, dated in Mainland China, pathology) AIDS

Synonyms

• 艾滋 (àizī)

Dialectal synonyms of 艾滋病 (“AIDS”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		艾滋病 †, Mainland China, 愛滋病 †, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, SEA except Singapore, dated in Mainland China, 愛之病 Singapore, 獲得性免疫缺陷綜合徵 Mainland China, 後天免疫缺乏症候群 Taiwan, 獲得性免疫缺陷症候群 Taiwan, 後天免疫力缺乏症 Hong Kong
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	愛滋病 †, 愛滋 †
	Malaysia	愛滋病 †
	Singapore	愛之病
Southwestern Mandarin	Dagudi (Maliba)	愛滋病 †
	Reshuitang (Longling)	愛滋病 †
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	愛滋病 †, โรคเอดส์
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	愛滋病 †
Cantonese	Guangzhou	艾滋病
	Hong Kong	愛滋病, 愛滋
	Macau	愛滋病
	Taishan (Guanghai)	艾滋病
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	愛滋病
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	愛滋病
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	愛滋病
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	愛滋病
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	愛詩病
	Móng Cái	愛詩病
	Mandalay (Taishan)	AIDS病
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	愛滋病
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	愛滋病
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	愛滋病
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	愛滋病
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	愛滋病
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	愛滋病
	Senai (Huiyang)	愛滋病
Southern Min	Xiamen	愛滋病
	Quanzhou	愛滋病
	Zhangzhou	愛滋病
	Shantou	愛滋病
	Jieyang	愛滋病
	Pontianak (Teochew)	愛滋病
Note	† - 艾滋(病) and 愛滋(病) are homophonous